Software Engineer - Backend

NOW HIRING · WORLD-CLASS TALENT Backend Tech Lead (Senior Level Engineering Leadership)

Placed by Recruiting Bond on behalf of a Confidential Digital Platform Leader

📍Location: Bengaluru, India (Hybrid / On-Site)

🏢Sector: Technology, Information & Media

👥Company Size: 500 – 1,000 Employees

💼Employment: Full-Time, Permanent

🎯Experience: 6 – 9 Years (Backend Engineering)

🚀 Level: Tech Lead

ABOUT THIS MANDATE

Recruiting Bond has been exclusively retained by one of India's most well-established digital platform organisations — a company operating at the intersection of Technology, Information, and Media — to identify and place a world-class Backend Tech Lead who can drive a transformational engineering agenda at scale.

This is not an ordinary role. The organisation is executing a high-stakes, large-scale modernisation of its backend infrastructure — migrating from legacy monolithic systems to resilient, cloud-native, AI-augmented distributed architectures that serve millions of concurrent users. The person in this seat will be a core pillar of that transformation.

We are looking exclusively for the top 1% — engineers who think in systems, own outcomes, and lead by example.

THE OPPORTUNITY AT A GLANCE

🏗️ Architecture Ownership

Drive system design decisions across the entire backend platform. Shape the future of distributed, fault-tolerant architecture.

🤖 AI-Augmented Engineering

Embed GenAI and LLM tooling directly into the SDLC. Champion automation-first development practices across squads.

🎓 Engineering Leadership

Mentor and grow the next generation of backend engineers. Lead hiring, reviews, and cross-functional technical alignment.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Architecture & Platform Modernisation

• Lead the full migration of legacy monolithic systems to a scalable, cloud-native microservices architecture
• Design and own distributed, fault-tolerant backend systems with sub-millisecond SLO targets
• Architect API-first and event-driven platforms using async messaging patterns (Kafka, Pub/Sub, SQS)
• Resolve systemic performance bottlenecks, concurrency conflicts, and scalability ceilings
• Establish backend design standards, coding guidelines, and architectural review processes

2. Distributed Systems Engineering (Production-Grade)

• Design and implement Webhook reliability frameworks with intelligent retry and exponential backoff strategies
• Build idempotent, versioned APIs with enterprise-grade rate limiting and throttling controls
• Implement circuit breakers, bulkheads, and resilience patterns using Resilience4j / Hystrix or equivalents
• Engineer Dead-Letter Queue (DLQ) strategies and event reprocessing pipelines with guaranteed delivery semantics
• Apply Saga orchestration and choreography patterns for distributed transaction integrity
• Execute zero-downtime deployments and canary release strategies with rollback capability
• Design and enforce multi-region disaster recovery and business continuity protocols

3. AI-Driven Engineering Practices

• Champion LLM and GenAI adoption as first-class tooling across the software development lifecycle
• Apply prompt engineering techniques for automated code generation, review, and documentation workflows
• Utilise AI-assisted debugging, root cause analysis, and predictive performance optimisation
• Build automation-first pipelines that reduce toil and accelerate delivery velocity
• Evaluate and integrate emerging AI developer tools into the engineering ecosystem

4. Engineering Leadership & Culture

• Own backend platforms end-to-end with full accountability across development, stability, and performance
• Actively mentor, coach, and elevate engineers at all levels (L3–L6) through structured 1:1s and code reviews
• Drive and lead technical hiring — from designing assessments to final hire decisions
• Partner with Product, Data, DevOps, and Security stakeholders to align engineering with business objectives
• Represent the engineering org in cross-functional roadmap planning and architecture decision reviews
• Foster a culture of technical excellence, psychological safety, and high-velocity delivery

TECHNOLOGY STACK (HANDS-ON PROFICIENCY REQUIRED)

Languages: Java (primary) · Go · Python · Node.js · PHP · Rust

Cloud: AWS · GCP · Azure (Multi-cloud exposure preferred)

Containers: Docker · Kubernetes · Helm · Service Mesh (Istio / Linkerd)

Databases: PostgreSQL · MySQL · MongoDB · Cassandra · Redis · Elasticsearch

Messaging: Apache Kafka · RabbitMQ · AWS SQS/SNS · Google Pub/Sub

Observability: Datadog · Prometheus · Grafana · OpenTelemetry · Jaeger · ELK Stack

CI/CD & IaC: GitHub Actions · Jenkins · ArgoCD · Terraform · Ansible

AI & GenAI: OpenAI / Claude APIs · LangChain · RAG Pipelines · GitHub Copilot · Cursor

QUALIFICATIONS & CANDIDATE PROFILE

Education

• B.E. / B.Tech or M.E. / M.Tech from a Tier-I or Tier-II Institution — CS, IS, ECE, AI/ML streams strongly preferred
• Exceptional real-world engineering track record may be considered in lieu of institution pedigree

Experience

• 6 to 9 years of progressive backend engineering experience with demonstrable ownership and impact
• Proven track record of shipping and scaling production SaaS / Product systems at significant user load
• Exposure to and success within start-up, mid-size, and large-scale product organisations — the full spectrum
• Strong computer science fundamentals: algorithms, data structures, distributed systems theory, OS internals
• Demonstrated career stability — minimum 2 years average tenure per organisation
• The Ideal Candidate Exemplifies
• System-level thinking with an ability to hold context across code, architecture, product, and business
• An ownership mindset — no task is 'not my job'; outcomes and quality are personal commitments
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for asynchronous, cross-functional collaboration
• Intellectual curiosity: actively follows engineering trends, contributes to the community (OSS, blogs, talks)
• Bias for automation, observability, and engineering efficiency at every level
• A mentor's instinct — genuine desire to grow others and raise the capability of the team around them

WHY THIS ROLE STANDS APART

✅ Transformational Scope

Lead platform modernisation at scale. Your architectural choices will define systems serving millions of users for years.

✅ AI-Forward Engineering Culture

Be at the forefront of AI-augmented development. This org invests in tools and practices that make great engineers exceptional.

✅ Established, Stable Platform

Join a company with 500–1,000 employees, proven product-market fit, and the resources to execute on a serious technical vision.

✅ Career-Defining Leadership

Operate with strategic influence, direct access to senior leadership, and a clear path toward Principal / Staff / VP Engineering.

HOW TO APPLY

This search is being managed exclusively by Recruiting Bond

Submit your application with an updated resume

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. All applications are treated with the strictest confidentiality.

⚡ We move fast — qualified candidates can expect a response within 48–72 business hours.

Recruiting Bond | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India | 2026

Role : Java Developer

Location : Bangalore

Key responsibilities

• Experience – 3 to 8 years of experience.
• Experience in Core Java and Spring Boot.
• Extensive experience in developing enterprise-scale applications and systems. Should possess good architectural knowledge and be aware of enterprise application design patterns.
• Should have the ability to analyze, design, develop and test complex, low-latency client facing applications.
• Good development experience with RDBMS
• Good knowledge of multi-threading and high-performance server-side development.
• Basic working knowledge of Unix/Linux.
• Excellent problem solving and coding skills.
• Strong interpersonal, communication and analytical skills.
• Should have the ability to express their design ideas and thoughts.

About Wissen Technology:

The Wissen Group was founded in the year 2000. Wissen Technology, a part of Wissen Group, was established in the year 2015. Wissen Technology is a specialized technology company that delivers high-end consulting for organizations in the Banking & Finance, Telecom, and Healthcare domains. We help clients build world class products.

Our workforce consists of highly skilled professionals, with leadership and senior management executives who have graduated from Ivy League Universities like Wharton, MIT, IITs, IIMs, and NITs and with rich work experience in some of the biggest companies in the world. Wissen Technology has grown its revenues by 400% in these five years without any external funding or investments. Globally present with offices US, India, UK, Australia, Mexico, and Canada.

We offer an array of services including Application Development, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Big Data & Analytics, Visualization & Business Intelligence, Robotic Process Automation, Cloud, Mobility, Agile & DevOps, Quality Assurance & Test Automation.

We have been certified as a Great Place to Work® company for two consecutive years (2020-2022) and voted as the Top 20 AI/ML vendor by CIO Insider.

Over the years, Wissen Group has successfully delivered $650 million worth of projects for more than 20 of the Fortune 500 companies. Wissen Technology provides exceptional value in mission critical projects for its clients, through thought leadership, ownership, and assured on-time deliveries that are always ‘first time right’.

The technology and thought leadership that the company commands in the industry is the direct result of the kind of people Wissen has been able to attract. Wissen is committed to providing them the best possible opportunities and careers, which extends to providing the best possible experience and value to our clients. We have served clients across sectors like Banking, Ecommerce, Telecom, Healthcare, Manufacturing, and Energy.

Career Progression:

At Wissen Technology, your career growth is important for us. Therefore, we put in several efforts towards each employee’s career progression – to enable and empower them to grow within the company as well as to instill a sense of responsibility, loyalty, and trust.

There have been instances where a software engineer has grown from being an individual contributor to technical lead and now on the path to becoming a director responsible for growing revenues and profitability. We deeply value Ownership: taking responsibility, making it happen, not letting the ball drop, and being accountable.

• Create, maintain, test, and fix back-end infrastructure, including databases, data integration, API, core application logic, and other processes that need to be done behind the curtain. Since the job responsibilities can be performed remotely, we simply want our back-end developer to analyze user needs and improve user experience according.
• proficient in server-side development and optimization of data, including database creation and management and debugging
• Integrate data from various back-end services and databases
• Create and maintain software documentation
• Create user-friendly and intuitive interfaces
• Create and analyze reliable and secure back-end functionality
• Maintain, expand, and scale designed database
• Collaborate with front-end developers and web designers to match visual design intent.
• Design RESTful APIs
• Experience working with relational database like mysql/oracle, Mangodb

Total Experience:1-2 Years

Job Type: Contract

Notice: Immediate Joiner

• 1-2 years proven track record of development and design work in the IT industry, preferably in a software product based organization
• Java, springboot, and Microservices
• SQL
• Startup product experience – hustled through various tech, products, stacks
• Having strong experience in Data structures and Algorithms.(Must).
• Good to have experience in Complex Problem solving

Software Engineer – Tech Lead

- You are your own master.  We don't preach you, we just allow you to Innovate, Iterate, Learn and Adapt

- Work with one of India's leading fintech unicorn company

- ESOPs in the company

Requirements

• 6+ yrs of exposure in the art of writing code and solving problems on large scale.
• Should be language agnostic, with extensive and expert programming experience in any one programming language (strong OO skills preferred).
• Deep experience in at least one general programming language. Preferred (Java,Scala, C++)
• A solid foundation in computer science, with strong competencies in data structures,

algorithms, and software design.

• Worked end to end on 2-3 complex projects
• Worked in startup like environment with high levels of ownership and commitment
• Experience in building highly scalable business applications, which involve implementing

large complex business flows and dealing with huge amount of data.

• Extensive experience on working with distributed technologies like Kafka, MongoDb,

Redis/Aerospike, MySQL, AWS etc

• Experience with multi-threading and concurrency programming
• Ability to switch between the technologies and learn new skills on the go.

Roles and responsibilities

Drive discussions to create/improve the product, process and technology

• Build abstractions and contracts with separation of concerns for a larger scope
• Rapid prototyping
• Robust and scalable web-based applications
• Do high-level design with guidance; Functional modelling, break-down of a module
• Thinking platforms & reuse, the open-source contribution will be a plus
• Do incremental changes to architecture: impact analysis of the same
• Do performance tuning and improvements in large scale distributed systems
• Mentor young minds and foster team spirit

• Development & maintenance of Cleartrip’s product lines
• Involved in entire lifecycle including analysis, development, fixing, and monitoring of issues on the assigned Cleartrip product lines
• Unit test cases – Review and writing

• 2+ years of Product Development experience
• Java, Spring Framework preferred
• Solid experience with databases (Oracle/MySQL) – a must
• Excellent OO and design skills
• Experience with Test Driven Development within a continuous Integration environment (Lunt, CruiseControl, etc)

• BE/B.Tech Computer Science Personality Traits/Attributes:
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills – team player & desires to works closely with teammates, QA & product teams
• Problem-solving skills – Ability to research, analyze & find solutions independently.